(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. Can you all hear me now? Thank you. My questions are going to be directed to the Minister of Housing. Coming from Baffin south, many Members have constituents who are unemployed or underemployed, as a result of lack of employment opportunities in the communities or lack of supplies like soapstone. These people are concerned about the impact of the winter. Can the Minister explain why people are left out on the street in the winter because they can't pay high rents? There is a lot of unemployment in our communities. Sometimes it is very difficult for a tenant to pay high rents. It is especially hard for the unemployed people.

Madam Speaker, I would like to stress that with the staff housing strategy, the government is aggressively promoting home ownership. Is this promotion of home ownership access the result of the Minister's wishes to achieve changes to territorial housing rents?

There are people who are unemployed and some people are being evicted from their houses because they can't pay for their rents. If you are going to have such high rates, we would like to see the government reduce the rents that have been increased. We would like to see people living well and not on social assistance.

Today, our lifestyle has changed dramatically. Can the Minister answer my question on what plan the government has regarding the smaller number of access units, to encourage and support those social housing tenants interested in home ownership? Thank you.